THE WATSON FAMILY - On a road trip to Glastonbury, the magic Dinobot picks up signals left by Merlin the Magician, from Ley Lines pointing to Camelot.

In this original, fictional story, Merlin is more than a magician. He is a 'Keeper' of secrets, against imbalances that mankind is sure to fall foul of. In this case, a record of man's impact on the natural world, and a prediction that a growing population without proper controls and regulation, will eventually cause the planet to fail.

Merlin discovers that naturally occurring mineral glass, can sometimes become a record of earth's history, as the tides shapes and etches patterns in the surface, to reflect changes, and that such etching can imbue magnetic qualities in the mineral if the chemistry allows. He discovers this stone, in what is now called Merlin's Cover, or Cave, at Tintagel. Merlin kept this glass in a box, where it was buried in the grounds of Glastonbury Tor, on a Ley Line, such that it might be recovered by scientists in years to come.

Merlin is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a magician, along with several other main roles. The familiar depiction of Merlin, based on an amalgamation of historical and legendary figures, was introduced by the 12th-century Catholic cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth and then built on by the French poet Robert de Boron and prose successors in the 13th century. Geoffrey’s account presented Merlin as a prophet and royal advisor to Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon.

Geoffrey seems to have combined earlier Welsh tales of Myrddin and Ambrosius, two legendary Briton prophets with no connection to Arthur, to form the composite figure that he called Merlinus Ambrosius. His rendering of the character became immediately popular, especially in Wales. Later chronicle and romance writers in France and elsewhere expanded the account to produce a more full, multifaceted character, creating one of the most important figures in the imagination and literature of the Middle Ages.

Merlin's traditional biography casts him as an often-mad cambion, born of a mortal woman and an incubus, from whom he inherits his supernatural powers and abilities. His most notable abilities commonly include prophecy and shapeshifting. Merlin matures to an ascendant sagehood and engineers the birth of Arthur through magic and intrigue. Later stories have Merlin as an advisor and mentor to the young king until he disappears from the tale, leaving behind a series of prophecies foretelling events to come. A popular version from the French prose cycles tells of Merlin being bewitched and forever sealed up or killed by his student, the Lady of the Lake, after having fallen in love with her. Other texts variously describe his retirement, at times supernatural, or death.

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